The Truth of Art Aaron Douglas’s style “is the result of a deep-rooted belief that in trying to imitate the actual world, art-as-likeness was really falsifying the way we see that world.” Although all art is a form of imitation—whether of the actual or the imaginary world—Douglas’s belief highlights the way artists have used conflicting […]
What is the story told in Aaron Douglas’s Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery through Reconstruction (1934)?
What is the story told in Aaron Douglas’s Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery through Reconstruction (1934)? a. The emancipation of enslaved African Americans through the Civil War and their move towards positions of political power threatened by the KKK b. The importance of song and dance to African Americans living under Jim Crow laws in the Southern USA c. The […]